Historia de la comunicación del Ecuador en prensa, radio, televisión y medios digitales de la provincia del Guayas, en el periodo 1895 a 1912”

Abstract

Access to communication in Ecuador, through the written press, has been very limited, in the period analyzed 1895 - 1912; The informative contents have been oriented, generally, like instrument to serve to the high social strata and to obey to informative necessities of the governors; Such as: publicizing decrees, taxes, economic measures, among others. Villar (2004) states: "The freedom of the press has become the whole world in a myth, as a kind of umbrella under which one wants to shelter not only journalism but anything that comes close to the idea of ​​expression" (P.503). The period of liberal Ecuadorian revolution was characterized by censorship of freedom of the press and popular expression, without having a cornerstone that consecrates the ineluctable freedoms of mass communication, to know the reality of social interest, expressed in terms of context And surroundings. The research was conducted in the city of Guayaquil, through primary and secondary sources, available on the Internet and different public and private libraries of the locality; Interviewed prominent people, in the media, to know their opinions and to promote the discussion of results, in confrontation with the historical facts of the analyzed period. The recommendations were aimed at promoting a catalytic scenario of opinions, which safeguard the true role of journalism, in impartial written communication, social interests and favor the reconstruction of history.